Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1878, Page 7

THE BLACK HILLS. The Two-Year-Old Marvel of the West. A Produet of Ten Million Dollars © in Gold SBince the Discovery. Bespeclability of (ke Present Popufalion-Exe tent of the Mineral Deltw Coal and 0il. Valoo of Variona Mines—Charaotor of the Oro—Manner of Mnking a Looation, A List of Mills in Operation.--One Thousand Stamps Soon to Be at Work, Speelat Correspondence of The Triduae. Drapwoon, Black Ilile, Jam, 14.—£A country may be likened to an Individual,—both fo their youth mere ¢ prospects”’; both having a record yeu to make; but whether the ong or the other will attain the promioence hoped for by their friends, or whether o shadow will darken the pagze as the historian writes the briof tale of in- sigaificance and fafiure, time, and time alone, can tell, Both have, at times, been scen to ppring to full stature, as it were, at asingle pound; and thus it may be sald of the Black Hills country,— TiH TWO-TEAR-OLD MARVEL of the West. In this briof timoe it has changed from a trackless, unexplored reglon Into one of the richest gold-producing countries In the world. Hidden away 8 hundred feet beneatn tha mouutain-side, and imprisoned In the leart of tho rugged, pincwapped mountain, with bundreds of foet of rocky wall between. it and @aylight, in fancied sccurity tho preclous metals pave livedonondon. And, as centurv after century passed away, one may imagine tho yel- low nuggets congratulating cach other that peace and plenty were silll with them; that the avarice of humankind bad not yet clutch- el them from tho mother-bed, and sent them out Into the world upon thelr varied misslon—bhere Lringing peace and happiness, thers warand bloodshed ; hore being tho medium of expression of the noblest instincta of our patures, there of thoso which bring the blush to the qheck and tear to tho oyc—upon their mlsslon of 6o mixed wood snd ovil, ju{ and misery, that onc sometimes queations whether {ts posscssion is a blcssing or @ curse. In_tho tecth of tha prohibittons of civil law and military order, with tho hostlle rifle of the savage crowniog overy divide in front, and, Irom rock anl ravins uponcither flank. speak- Ing thelr **I forbid,"—in the fall of 75 a few rough ploneers—I Teel that I should call them fospired bonofactors—pressed fn hicre, aud the result has been that * 10,000,000 or GOLD has been added to the wealth of the country. And still_the work of production gocs on, doubling In_regularity and speed. The firat tralls wero~hewn by brave, determined men, beot on the acquirement of loine and fortunes, Following thenm came a heterogencous army, composedd partly of the industrlous and useful, and partly of shiftless, uscless adventurers, Pinched by dull times fo the States, and think- ing to tako' advantagzo of the profusion of wealth la efreulation $n tho Hills, chey came, a vast throog. But gradunlly sacioty sights Itsclf, ‘Trampa have learnied thai the mountains and ravincs aro generons only to the {udustrious and deserving. Doubtless many such who came have remained ; o few havo been hung; the red- skins have mangled some; while a goodly num- ber have been sont to the Tonltentiary,—until now it may bo sald that tho population of the Hills, in polat of intclligence, obedience to law, and genersl culttire, WILL COMPARE PAVORARBLY with that of any other section of tho West. eadwooidl 18 undoubtedly the Metropolls of the Hills, and the gulch proper contalus a popu- latlon of about 4,000 pcople, and is tho contre of trado'lor the outire Iills, saving tho Rapid- City snd Hayward scction of country, lying forty-five miles southenst. - Tpropose, n this letter, to lay before the ers of Tue TriouNsE, In briof, o statement of tha progress of thudovclonmnnmr the mincs, and the present sirength of the crushingmachine u{.flt 1t bo underatood that THE MINERAL BELT extends In a northwesterly and southensterly direction, and Is proven to bia guod pay-rock at False Bottom, ten miles northweat of Central City. But Central s the farthest northwest of any of the camps that have s yet justifled the erection of the expensive machitery used 1o tho seduction of the ores. From thonce along tho belt, within a dlstanco of a few milcs, aro the most valuable of the dnvulored mioes; and within this conspass aro the mills, saving one of twenty stamps ot Hayward, Io:t, fivo miles Bouthcast. 1t bas long been tho prediction of old mincrs and J)mpectorl that” sooner or later there would be 8 continuous camp cxtending from the northwestern to tho soufheastern extremity of the Ti{lls, Until very recently this hos been a matter of prediction ouly; but of lato come REPONTS OF 00D PINDS miles northeast of this place; while mldway be- tween Central and Haywood, on Box-Elder and Elk Crecks, and on the oxact course of the dueveluped ledges, have recently been formed “two mining distrleth, and soveral hundreds of locations have been macde, somo of which promise to rival the rich minea of this nelghborhood. Theaa uew eatnps already hava s population of perhaps 1,000 souls; and sov- el citles are Infd out, in which corner-lots al- ready rulo high. Also, Iot it be remembered that there ara here hundreds of miles squara of E’mmd over which even tho hardy prospector 128 not yat been, and much of thia covered with dense forests of pine timber, At Red Water, twonty-five miles from Deadwood, arc conl- mines, which, as the grimy ininer more and mora axplores, continie to lmTrnve. With the brond, treeless plalna on overy side of tho Hills, the commerce in Jumber and coal inthe futuro promises to ve vast, Alrendy tha frelzht-teams from Bismarck and Sidoey load in with that necded by the non-food-nroduclug population of the Hills, and out with luniber, produced here 1o unlimited quontitics. % OlL-WELLS, Near Jonny's Stockade, about 50 miles south- ‘west of this place, on thu Cheveune route, have rocently been found springs flowlng o very tng funlll{mu: petrolenm, tho yicld of which s ubeul two borrcls per day,—this without rmachluery of auy kiud, ‘This o) s used for "lubricating purposes by the stamp willls, and 18 sald to bo of good quality. ~ Steps arc belng takon todevelop this new and unoxpected discovery, of whicha full sceount will bo given v a future letter, Tho ouslook for the Black-Tills country (s ln- deed o grand one, aond (t looms Into mora glgantic proportlous day by day. he infnes deservo the best that can bo said ofthem, To particularize where thera are scores o o seeming cquality, {s Impoasibie; and ta do Justica toeven one woutd require a columu of space; but, as SHOWING THE VALUB l:lmd upon some of thein by perhaps the best udzes of such property In Awicrica, 1 will say thut tha Golden Terrs receutly sold for §100,000, the Homestake for $100,000, tho Old Abe’ for ,000; aud the Father Do Bruct, Golden Giate, ustice, aud Uelcher Mlges wero purchused within |nowur. woek by San Francisco nartics !n{ 400, All this property was thoroughl investigated by the buyers, iv some of whicl tney bad ihicl own e Working for weoks hee fore the purchase wes consummated. Un- doubtedly these mines were sold st vory far de8 thun thelr uctual value, a3 ure scores of thers which ars ually beln conveyed ot prlecs fanziog from §5,000 fo 850,000, qun tho Houestake Mine will soon bo :ilt\ cd s 100-stamp il the samo upou the aldon Terra; while, for work upan the Futher Swet Mlaea, will b erceted three mills, of bty samps each. 8o it will bo scen thero will 0N be fo operation upwards ot ONE THOUAAND STAMPS} 2d by many it fa thougbt thls number witl b ubled dvriog next seaso. dl.\llulhuj‘luhl of the Hhlls, it ts exceedingly : tlicult to arrive at a satistactory csthmate, As to ¥hat the quartz mives ulous must vield, with ‘unmuurkut crushing muachinery, wo can iy BYery good lilew by Cousludering that caca 4up will” crush oue and one-balf tous “‘; ¥, or 1,500 fu sl and this Aor M vield from 88 to 825 Ler tou, or gy, ‘5;;5. A0 averuge, $12; und this ks most likely & o I)h ow tatimate, which glyes us, as tho yicld e tnilly aloge with tho prescnt machliery, R0 per aunum, Ly of Sptd 3 ¥ery Great dulfarence fn the chasec i) the ore of thy various wines, although ouud i the ls:ure-velus proper {8 of sub- ol 1Dy the sumo chucuster, belng rusty-whits Maty quasix, wnd the wally baiug of slate. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. JANUARY 2I, 1878, In some of them free (visible) gold is rarely scen, while In othera It {a 80 cosrse A8 TO B TLAINLY VISIDLE. In tho Rhoderlc Dhu (probably one of the hest mines in the Hills), which extenda from Deade acroes the divide In Bawpit Gulch, almost every lump of orc #hiows gold, and fro- auently it §8 found in shects soveral Inches in extent. Thia {s a truc veln, standing upright, with a alight dip eastward. > ‘The tich hill-dlegings, water-ditches, and flumes In coursc of construction will be men- ttoned In a futucas letter, A marked featurc of tho minesof this sectlon, both placer and quarte, I8 the enae with which they arc vpened and worked, The guiches arc narrow; the pay-streak easily found snd fol- lowed. The quartz gencrally crops out upon the surface, and, In man, instances, the top oftho Jedze stands several feet above the surrounding suriace, being” In such cases visible, even to”a pligrim, at a long distance. The matter of MAKIND A DISCOVERY in such a easo is very simple, and s as follows: First prospect a small piece, befng sure that it tion 1s valid If mado before the discovery of mineral-bearing rock. Then post at the point of each discoverya notleo claiming 1,600 by 800 feet, and place 4 stake at cach corner, and nt the centre of cach end and side-line; and, within “thiry " doys, fle & . copy of tho notlca posted at dlscovery fn the Couuty Recorder'soflice. Tno locatfon Is then com- gllugu.v—lpo lnw requiring 8100 work to bo done ch years Tho easo with which the minea are opencd and worked makes this cssentially TIIB-POOR MAN'S PARADISE, . it ho wishes to tr{ hishand in the mines, 1 give below a list of the mills in operation, with the place of their location, 3any of the owners of theso Wil be rocognized aa Chica~ guRns: OENTRAL CITY. T. J. Dickey's; twenty stamps, * Powers & Potter's; twenty-five stamps. . B, Pearson's; twent; mps, A, P. Moore & twenty atamps, ops. Fairviow; twent; Hidden-Treasure; thirty hllmgun McLaughlin & Co.'s; twenty-fivo stamps, Edwards & Co, 's; twenty stamps, Dr. 0, B, Thompto: Waite, Castuer & Co. [ Rilfott & Parker's Alpha Mining C Cajedonia Co. s Cunninghsm; twenty stamps. wenly stamps, LEAD OITY. Davenport; ten stamps. Ttacino; Lwonty stampe. Carl, Thompson & Snsli's; ten stamor, Smith, Pringle & Co."s; fon stamps, Wambald & Co.'s; ten stamps. . Rovenio; twenty stamps. Colorados, Oftcen atamps. White & Co.'s; twen! J. C. Ottingor & C Costello & Morrison Bumna & Wolcl's; twenty stnm, TOOR-MAN GULC] Vosburg, Daldwin & Co *s:.vo sta Glrdler, Orr & Co.'s: ten afamps, ono, Badgor & Co. 'a; ten atamps. ~ ANCIOR CITY. Anchor; ten atamps, Chicago; ten stamps. Lancanter, Bpringor & U b; iwenty-Svasta ler, Springer /0, twenty-fivestamps. Ladwich liros. & Hiiotay tok atamie. o Yundt, Usmmond & Co.'splive stamps, €. 1 Fonte & Co. 0, tyomty . 3, 85 10 LAT] Whitney & C A ten stampe, Forbes & Co.'s; twenty gl-fi:pn. BODTAIL GULCH, C. D, Atms & Co.'s: twenty-ive stamps, flrldcn;}'vrfll;‘é&sn amps, ‘ nos, acon'& Co.'s; Lwenty scamps, Hart & Kiuklo'e; fon stampa: -+ HIDDEN-TREASURE GULOIL Philipot, Plckot & lales; twonty atampa, FENNINGTON, Lawrence, Myrick & Co.'s; ten stampa, ROUTH BEND. Edwards & Co.'s; twenty stamog, BAW-IIT, Dlakely, Carpenter & Co, forty stamps. L N, THE TRIBUNE INDORSED EAST AND WEST, To the ridstor of ‘Ihe Tribune, Quixcr, 1L, Jan. 10.~For the sako of your dear country and vour blessed God, do have to say aboul the remonetization of of silver. For the last few days you have ouly devoted about four columns of editarials to the Lot us have a full discussion of thoquestion [o all itslong sapeets. GoIn,and lot somethi; sacred subject. not Jonce’ fnterest bo loat slghit of. Stata it day after day, 50 that a wayf: sllver devotue, muy not err. ReADER or Tninusz. To the Editor of The Tribune, * CrirToN, I1L, Jan. 18,~That article of yours on *Bulldoziug " haa the right ring, and thou- sauds all over the wide prairies will rise up and say Amen! Wo are not vassals that tho East should thus try to intimidate us. masters of the situation, “Show us once an cxhibition of your noble courage! Mr, iitor. J 3B, To the Editor of The Tribune, MarTinsuuno, Lewis Co., N. Y., Jap. 18,~In- closed find price of subscription for Tum Tns- ‘WeesLY Tuibuse. Please nccept my thanks for your untlring ecfforts to rostore tho silvar laced In the hauds of every Eastorn man. dollar, Iwisha cm‘)ly of Tan Trinung could ba s ours, - . Cde To the Edltor of The Tridune, ApsusviLLe, N. Y., Jan. 18,—Inclosed find 812, tho price of ouo year's subscription to Tuu DALy Tninyng. I want asltver paper. Three. fourths of the farmers here ara for tho old allver dollar. Respectfully yours, a4 W. 4. e e—— AGRICULTURE, Spectal Diapaten i Tha CAicago Tridune, OT1TAWA, 111, Jau. 10.—A meoting of tho Ex- ccutive Comnitice ol the Agricultural Boclety of LaSalle County was heid in thio Court-House this afternaon, ¢ Messrs, Harnes, Blf"cr, and Wakefield were glowlu delogates to the meetiog of the Blate oard, The tims for hofding the noxt snnual fair wes fizud for the recond week in Beptomber, Tho Bocrotary's report of the receipts from tho exbibition O the pust soason shows the sum of $700 over and above all exponditures. e — Treatmeut of Coolies lu Cubs, To te Editor af the New York Nation. Toxkio, Japan, Nov, 35, 1577.—In vour lssus of Uct, 18, apeakiug of the roport ot tho Chincse Commlssionors to Cuba, as recontly republished in Ching, with illustrations, you say: **A fuw of thu scencs we awe sulély to the artist's fmagination, like that in Plate 8, . . . an probably fu that fu Plato 84, wlicre the sugak is belng retluod with wien's bones,” I went with tho Commiusion to Cuba, and while there read and copied scveral hundred of the statcuents of thelr gricvances which were mado by the coolles to the Commission, and furniuhed the mutetluls for a laree part of tha report, L nlso hieard through the Interpreters of tho Commission much that was sald by the coolles that wus not committed to writing, Amoug the complaints made of §ll-treatment, in furms too varied and horrible to be easily ima- flncd by any ons who had not the opportunity to licar and sce thoss nost- wrotched men, none weru wore frequent and bitter than complaiuts about the dispusition of the bodlesol those who diod,~the lcaving them unburied, throwing thum fnto the sea, throwlnyg then into the pita, ote.; and, ulong with the rest, the statement was agrain aund aizain mado to us that the bonve of Chinsmen Woro used for reiy sugar. This was ulniost the tirst complaint thut we heard, and ft was repeated by scorgs of e hether Chigamen's bones, or any bones at all, are so used, | do not know; but there is no doubt ‘whatover in my mind that the coolles in Cuba genernlly belleve that sugar there {s reflucd in the way depicted by the artist. Probably the artlst kot his Informutivn froma some ol the sorvants or attaches of the Commission, unless, ndeed, tho few coolles who have Irom tine to time returued to Chiva may have circulated this story there, Hexur H. Teuny. e —et—— A Tin Roof for the Cofosseum. In 1873 Jetters were exchiavged between 8ignor Gluseppo Dasel, ex-President of tho ltulian Commisslon at the Philadciphiia Exhibition, uud Mr, Beott Russell, the well-known Eaglish archi- tect, ou thosubject of using the ltoman Colos- scuw us an extibition bulldlug fu whrch ftaly could bold a worid's falr, Mr. fussell’s plan wua to cover the Colossewin with a roof of tin, using nu columns or other supoorts visible lu the futerlor, und avoldinz in every possible way dislguremeng of the outsido of the monument. The avallably spave oblained would be equiva- 1ent to that of the Lundon Crystal Pulave Bulid- Jugz of 1851, ‘The esthnuted vost is $1,200,000. bis plan {8 pow again under duscusslon with refereuce to an exhibition sowe tluyin 13880 ov 1831, It is urged in favor of roofing the Colos- seutn that 8 ruol wiil preserve the great wonu. 1ncub to pustenty, protecting it {rom the weath- er. 'The machlucry sud anything requising ire ofi!‘l:lflmmu bo plaved fu” a scparate speclal buildiug. e ——— A stubborn sud harassing cougl that will nog yield to ordinsry nl:ndl‘:g, may be thosoughly curcd by Dr. Jayua's Expoctorant, & jaost oflocly Jowady fos nll-bronchlal oc pulidooary dlsosds carriea one of ihe procions metals, as no loca- ng man, though & We are' the agaln LURRENT GOSSIP. ANGLING. Thesrd a mellow warbled note Rung from the woodland hill, When angling In the moontain-brook Above the Quaker's mill. Iknow the volce sa sweet and fally Again it called my name: Anon & mald with rod an., reel Came trolling down the stream. 1t was & teyating-placa for love: Tha brook, the wood, the sky, ‘Were il in harmony. Above, Ko saint s0 blentan I, ‘Within our hoarts what vistons ross! Mow fond a lover's dream? = ‘What happine: ould nanght oppose, In life far down tho stream! Upon & flowery bank we sst, Unmindful of the way The trout were flashing at our feel, Or what the fisnes say Bat, while I chatted with the laas, - While fove was ulill onz theme, Tho Quaker miller's sobor face Appeared beside (he atream, A Quaker-mesting—only three— Wan not what wo desired. ¢ Twa le compauy " for mo: 1 ruetully retirod; - Tn lave, and love's yonng dream, + Farewall," tha miller stalling eatd— ¢4 There's fiahing down tho stroam, " Tier glance on me st parting fell; Tesald, *¢\Wo meot agnin, ‘The Quaker tarned himto his miil, 1 10 the maris of men, Now, looking beckward twenty yosrs, 1 neo the sacrad nome That love remembers, through my tears Beyond the mystic atream. The malden and the miller kind Have moldered Into dust— Hor spotless soul, his noble mind, _Doth garnered with the just; Tho mill bas fallon in decay, Doslde the mountain-stream; The hili, the wood, the mald, the day, Pasn with the poel’s dream, Januvanr, 1878, C. B, Canten, Tn the Editor af the London Times, by a dozen cipbers, and that is all, of timeo, I would taks one sccond the unit, and carry mysell in through the lapso fof first day of tho year 1 remembering that in all thoso 805 ilays, and {n every day just of time. aupposed thi ‘I';egnolflp!ed. but this is not so. en passed 708 yeas, 17 davs. 23 "bours, 45 minutes, and 5 soconds’ to constituto & bl time, 1i [s no cas’ apy kind, running varallel to each other and forming, as it wore, & Jong street, We must thon kee) extonding these walls for miles,—nay, hun ulred number. et {nspection our oue billien of cotus. o tinuous iinc ltke a long go Mok in close contact. pasa oyer land and sea, mountain and valley, desort end plain, crossing the cguator, and returning around the southern hemisphero, again across the equator, then still on until wo again arriva ot our nurumz-roln 4 un when we have thus passed & golden chulo around thio hugs bulk of the esrth, we shall bo but ut the beginning of our task. Wo must all these rows of Jinks lald closely sido by side, wlobe just 53 foet 8 inches wide; and this will fraction over 18,823 41 which, It cstimated at ono-fourth ounce cach ships, cach with a full cargo ol S0 tons. Even thon there would be u resfdus of 447 tuns, ropresonting 84,031,020 soverelgus, ‘or & measure of belzht let us take & much amaller unit as our messuring rod. The thin shoets of rnner on which these lines are printed, 1f 1aid out flat and firmly prossed togetlicr as 1o a well-bound hook, would represent o mncosure see how Ligh a deusa pile formied by a billlon of theao thin paper leaves would roach, Wenust, in tmaglnation, pils them vertivally upward, by dugrees resching the hoighit ot ourtallestspiross and, passing these, (ha pile wmust stili grow bhlznor, wpr jui: the Alps und the Audes, and the blgnest peaks of the Hlmalayas, and shiool- ng up trom thonce through tho”fleecy clouds, pass beyond the vonlines of our attonuated at- mosphere, and leap urliuw tho bluo sther with which tho univarze ls tilled, ll.uumuxlsxrmmly up far beyond the reach of I ter- restrial thingat atlll plic ou your thoussuda and milllons ot thin"leaves, for we ure only begloning to rear the inighty mass, Add mill> fons oo 1witlions of sheets, and thousands of miles on these, and still the number will lack its dus mmount. Let us pouse tu luok utiho neat plowed edges of the book before us, See huw closely lie Lhose thin fakes of paper, how many there are i the mere width of w¥oan, snd thew turn our eyes fu Imaginution upwards to our mighty coluimn of accumulated sheets. It blltiun shects of the Zimes superimposcd upon each other, and pressed Into a compact mass, lias reachicd an altitude of 47,343 mitca. ‘fhose .who have takon tho trouble to (ollow me thus far will, 1 think, ugres with ms that a billlon Ts o fearful thivg, and that jew can up- roclate 1ts real value. As for quadriiliovs and riitlons, thoy are simply worlds, mcrewords, wholly incapabls of adequately frupressiug thow. avlves on tho Lumaw iotellect. 1remuin, your obedlent servsnt, Haxuy Bassexen. CURE FOR DUBLING. A ¥rough writer makes the wise remark that i ducllats could bo comipclied to ght in secres oF to the death the dissass of the duello would very soon be eradicated. The theory is by no means vew, Bayard, wo belicve 1t was,~at any rate it wasona of the old horoes ol chivalric times,~quicted a challenzer by proposing that they should fight In a cavern out of sight of the ladies, 8 proposition eatirely too practical for hie ovponent; and a certalu French Coloucl, u member of {he Ducal Houw of Brissar, oues checked dueling fu his segiuent in the sluiplest munucr possiblé, * Uentlemen,” be »aid to hiy oflicers, at tbe dloper he gave ou taking com- wend of the - reghment, ‘*gentlemen, 1 undorstand that you are a little lot- beaded, and that duclsare every-day occurrences among you, Not that I blame you. I belfeve that sworas are not lorged to rist, o pray con- tinue to go out us usual. Ouly, before dofug so, will you come and consult we—lcs me know what the jssue 81 T wlL give you my opinlon o3 It fraukly; tuen It your comscence bl you fight, tizht.” Is it.a bargain, gentlemen(” sald the Duke, with & gracious amile. “1lu s, Colunel 1" camo from all varts of the table, su the Duke retircd. He Lad bardly reaclicd bis own yuartera and begun to undress when ho was Waited on by two yuuulCuvu}u;anluomu and & Cuevaller. - ** Well, goutlement” suid tie Coloael, blundly. * We Lave come for leave to Hght toworruw orning,” sald one, “The deuce you havel Wby I thought you two were wchooluwatest”™ *'You were' rizht, Culouel; we always bave becn and ulways sball contluug, fu b warm fricuds’ b Anmk you waat to Bigkti” ** Yes, air, and tp docida an Lportant questiony as you will sce. ‘I'conteud thiat at Versallies it la permitted to Tegrottally good-morning bade - AN ENGLISH BILLION DISBECTED. It would be curious to know low many of your readers have brought fully home to their inner consclousness the real significance ot that | court train, and is little word “billion” which wo havo scen of 1ate 8o glibly used in your colnmns. There are, indced, few intellects that can Talrly grasp it and digest it as & whole; and there are, doubt- 1cse, many thousands who cannal appreciate it true worth even when reduced to fragments for moro casy assimilation. Its arithmetical symbol {s aimple and without mucd pretension; there | dress the halr is worn fn slnple pulls and curls; are no largo figures—just a modest 1, followed + Let ns briefly take s glance at it as 8 mcasure of time, distance, and weight. Aa ameasure | from a design cspcl'!nlB'(ur the part, by Couvet. as | It s o pale blue allk thought ages back to the of our era, cars we have 6,400 scconds Hence, n ‘returning o thought back agnin to this year uf grace 1878, one might hmave & billion of scconds had long Wa have not one-sixteenth of that pumber in al} theso long eventlul years, for it takes just 31,- illion of seconds of matter to bring under the cogni. zanco of the human eve a biilton of objects of Let us try Iu Imagination to arrange this number for luspection, and lfor this purpose 1 would scloct a sovorclgn as o familiar object. Let us put onc on the ground and pile upon it as many as will reach twenty feet in helght; then lei us placo numbers of aimilar columns in closn contact, forming a straight lne. and making o sort of wall twenty fect high, showing only the thin fges of the colu. agive two such walls on of miles, and stiil wo shall be far short of the And it is not until we have onded our imaginary stroet to a_distance of 2,8305¢ miles that we shisll havo' presanted for in lieu of this arraugement wo mav place tbein flat upon the ground, furming one con- Ixian chuoin, with every ut to do this we must through the travkless ocean, retrace our way d ou& drag this Imaginary cualn no less than 783 times round the globe. “If wo can further finoging and eyery one {0 contset with its neighbur, we shall have formed a golden band around the ropresent our one billlun of colns. Buch a chain, if lald in a etraleht Jine, would reach o miles, the welzht of sovereign, would be' 8,075,447 tons, aud would of about LU3BA 4t an Juch lu thickness, Lot us now contsins its uppolated uuuber, aud vur ohy appear in a roquelaure and without powde, y friend holda tho contrary, and so we have fallen nut.” ¥ That ie, indeed, an important point.’” #nid the Colonel, gravely. It Is avident that the roquelaure §s only worn In the tmorning, but horo ariscs the grave and difflcuit question— When docs it coase to be morning! You are quite juatified in fightifz about a matter of this real consequence, 8o go and fight. Bless you! Good “lic“ ext torulng on parads’ the Colonel ‘heheld his two Cantalns cach at the head of his company, * How is this, gentle- menl” he mald, scveroly; *‘you have not fought1? % Oh, yes, sir.” aald the Chevaller, “ and I was run throughthearm." and he noint- cd ta the member, pattily handaged. ¢ Pooht A kitten-scratch1” sald “the Colonel. * You scein to have forgotlen tbat the eyes of all polite Europe were upon you,—that it was g;nrn to scttic m welghty question of etiquette, 80 good an to settle it thoroughly so roon ns Your artn licals, #Ir.” 8o soon as it did they went out again; this thne the Vicomnte got a wound in the chest that kept him on his back, for threc months, There had meanwhile ac- cumulated quite 8 lonz array of quarrels oo the Colonel's list, but he desired the gentlemen to have paticave till the first duel was over. In duc course he met the Vicomte toking the afr on the Chevaller's arm, *{3)ad to sec you out,” be sald, affably; * for now, [ suppose, Wo ma expeet to have you make nn ene nesa. I dislike remainin in suspense; besides, ran cach other throuczh the heart noxt morning. It wns certainly a harsh proceeding, but during the Coloncley of Da Brissac the ofticers of that The medi- rine was ns cffective ns the Great Frederic's regiment never fouzht about trifles. order that any officer shonld he shot whose hat blew off at a parade.— ksehange. ——— REALISTIC STAGE-DRESSING, Aer York Tribune, Jan. 18, admiration in the play of * Adricune Lecouvreur.” Her Nirst dress in **Camille,” onc of Worth's velver and pale Llue sflk. full knifa plalting under the squares. strapped, The bu“uu gradually slopes to the Enlut applique luce. 18 formed of narrow plaiting, The bod: pearls. with a locket sct with dinmonds. was 2,600 {rancs, ‘The second dress was made in Ban Francisco, which I8 droped and lrn The lon the hottom hedded with swuns' down. fatn scarf edged with a narrow fold {8 pl hich on the skirt, fastened with a sitk sllde on dress. Tho halr is dressed as_before, with a this robe {n San Franclsca was . ‘Tho dress worn in the third act {s ahoms dress of pale pink foulard silic; this isin prin- cesse alinpe also, the bottom cut in deep scol- lops filled with white illusion, as was the Pompadour front. Rows of Valenclenues lave and insestion finish the tront. The elbow sleeves are of pufls of illusfon and insertion. Slippers of black bands gomplete thls tollet, whict, slmpic aud plain os it Is, cost 8275 at Waorth's Paus establishment. The fourth dress 13 bali drces from Worth's, a princesse of pearlcolored sotin, A doutle box-plaiting I8 placed all round the hottom of the skirt, The todice I8 square, frantund back, and s laced down tho buck to the drapery which {s placed . Jow on the skirt and folls in festcons an the mlalied fan train, This dropery is edged around with frinze of pale piuk lillea .ol the vailev, with, heading of dark green feaves, 'The ‘ucckluce 18 of strings of pearls with diamond pendant; o monda sparkle tn tho halr, Pearl gloves, with Urond Etruscan bands, and pear) sHopers com- pletu ona of tha loveliest toflets ever seen on the stage In this country. The cost was nearly 4,000 1rancs, + The (ifth dress for the death sceno is a simplo robo do chambre of dotted Swiss, triinmed with lor's, and the price wis 3. ‘The manageuient of the Unlon Square Theatrs lately ordered cighty uew costumnes from Lanouetiy, the costumer, for the new play of that tbey sbould be ready In two weeki ‘They aroof Wie period of Louis X V., and conscquuatly colors, ) A DINNER OF IIORSEFLESH. . Lirerpnol Cauriew. 1 went on Saturday,” writes o Parls corro- spondent, **to a horse-Nesh dinner given by o require for thelr gransport #0 less than 2,825 | A1, Ducrolx, Veterlnary-In-Chief to the Etat Major of Pars. 1t was propared by an ordinary cook, the host wishing his guests to know that the food placed hefore them owed nous of fta palatablo virtues to extraordinary culinary science. Evorything excent tie sweets al des- sert wera of Chevallne extraction, 1 thousht the suup better than boulllion mode from beel ‘The boullll was very tootnsome; !Cheval u la mode ' was nlso excellent; but the crowning dish was roast fllot, which was very tender and succulent, There was no flavor or odor that In the remotest way reminded oue of the stable. *The weak polut of the feast was the salud, which was dressed with oil taken from horss feet. M, Ducrolx is an enthusfast, and dreamns of nothing lesa than cheapening moat, aud ren- dering the livea of lorses tolerable by metting people to become hippopoph 1 tho ulti- mate fute of the horse wus L scut to the batcher's shambles instead of to the slaughter- huuse, cabmon, he wpitics, would bu moro mner- cful to the beaste they drive, and the pour would be able to fall back from deur beef and ~mutton upon cheaper and more nutritive meat. Sinca hippopuohagy hus Been introduced here, more than 12,000 liorses annually bave falien fnto the stewpuus und soup pots of the French cavlt It appears, indeed, that the supply 1s scurcely equal to the demand. On sitting down 1 feit, I confess, somewhat nervaus, [t oceurred to me that sundry chova. lino dlscaaes wers prupagated by Inoculation. M. Ducrolx, who suspected my misglvings, io- formed mo that the inspection of horscllesh for the flesh market is more close than that of beel. The living suimal has to pass 8 vel-rlnnr( surs geon, awd when it (s reduced to the condition of butchcr's meat it 1s aguin subjected Lo amivro- scople exan:ination, Sowe mcmbers of the Buclety for the Protection of Animals pave fn- vited M. Ducroix to Londonto wnaku arrange- ments with them for o horseflesh banquut at the Crystal Palace, prevared by s French cook. QuIvs. Damagiog reficctions—Dreaking & looking- alass. “The drop-curiaiu Is 50 called because the gen- tlemen go out for u drop whilo it ls down. Among the tems Iua plumber's bill are: to searchivg gas leakage, 30 cents; to having found i, 8L “] do mot ask. thee for thy hsud,” as the child swid when gazing earthward o’er its parcnt's kuce. “She Rev. Mr. Tooth, the English rituallst, has & beautiful st of twins, who are comuiouly knowa us bis **little double tecth.” It #s nxserted of 8 Philadelpliban that he died ¥worn out by .too scvers mental vifort in the study of how to live without work." Every Turkish commander juthe ficldhasu erescent ovor the doorof bis niarguee. Can this bo termed & svinbol of disc-on-tentd Ucen. Butler says that howasa military aan as svou as ho left his cra Thiat was when you wero a lttle Todelben.—XNew York Herald. . May bo they did ““have glants in those davs," but they couldu’t bavelooked, any bigger than & frec-born American citizen feels whea he's in & procession. 1t i quite gencrally understood that nothin, but oificlal jealousy Kept back all mention o the Grand-Duke's dog o the dispatches from the seat ot war. Hard times.—Principal—* What srethe firm's sequingncats, Mr. Bcrewey? Head Clerk— * Horso wauts four uew shocs, air.” Principal ~—*'Sthut wllt Hum! Write for tenders to of this husi- re thirteen other couples waiting for their " The pour fellows did make an end of It in the most expeditious manner possible—they ‘The costurmes, hardly less than the actlog, of tho Countess Bozenta—)me. Modfeska—at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, has been the subject of by sudlences and comment by critles. The Tritune bricfly alluded to the num- ber and magnificence of the dreases worn by her The play of *Camllle" gives greater opportunity for the dlaplay of dresses, and in the part Mine. Modjeska appears in five different costumes ot the most efuborste and magnificent «hara:ter, designs, is a princesse costume of olive-green ‘The long velvet train is cut in squarc polutsat the bottom, v_cl!lth ha basque front is formed of the velvet, with vest of pale-bluo silk, across which the velvet 1Is nished on tho edge with ‘The front ia of the pale- Tuo silk, finished on the hottom with o number of nacrow knife plaltings; {abiot up the I(ronlt oo 13 cut square, front aud back, with narrow hand nacross the shoulders, Just below the shoulder- band werg worn asinlcts of veivet studded with Tho neckluce was of velvet snd gald, With “this a band of pale-blue silk fs twisted among the puffs, The cost of this clegant costume ln Parls ncessa robe, the frout of* ished with knlfe plalting. plain train has a narrow nllu(nn'rxlm “The high bodlce Ia fastencd close ardund the throat with narrow standing collar and small bow; be- low this the bodlce Is cut open In Pompadour atvle, closed below the bust with double row of buttous, and trimmed simply with illusion. A the left side. No jewcls arc-worn with this silver comb among the dark puflg. Tho cost of bunch of roses Is worn at th bust, und diu- real fiwe, ‘This costumme was from Lord & Tay- “A Celebrated Case,” tho order stipulating many of them will be of the most gorgeous threa or four of the principal houses—shoes to be delivered at our works—state utmost credit, and how much in cash they'll sllow for the old ones! 1"~ Punch. Lonsolation,— Inebriste—'* Now, look here, whet [ shay fr, whatis the uea o' richesl 'Snosa a man's a Roth—you know—a Rothachild's bank, el Well, what's the good of it1 He ?nrm. get more drunk than he can—now, can he! 1118 wife canght him with his arms around the hired pirl’s neck, but his coursze cven fn this trying extremity never forsuok bim, **1 sus- pected rome ono of stealing the whisky on the presceves, Jane, for some time, and _of course he guitty party.? Let no ane hereafter insinuate that teachers® institutes produce no good. At the late Bucks County Instituto a fair-haired, bluo-eyed dar- ling of atzacher of the female persuaslon for- ever demolished the base instnuation M the following conundrum: How do you make a Malteso crossi—Answer—Tread on her tall. Not long ago an Irfshman was summoned be- fore a bench of county maeistrates for Leing drunk and disorderly, " Do you know what brought you hered’” asked “the Clndrman, “Falx, your Honor, two policemen,’ reolica the prisoner. ** Had not drink something to do with {t!" said the J. P., frowning. *Sortin- 1y,"! answered Pagdy, unabashed, “they were both drunk.” REMONETIZATION. BILVER IN IOWA. Brectat Corvespondence of The Tribune, Des Moixzs, T, Jan. 10.~Tbe first busincss outpouring of siiver remctutions by V. M. Stone, of Marioh, J. M. Parker, of Marshall, 8. 1. Mallory, of Lucas, and Mr. Tyson, of Web- ster, and several others. As those of ex-Gov. {ty of the Republicans in the House and the people of the Btate, I send only his, the others belnz of the same {mport as to resulta: Be it reaotred Lythe Senafe and Howse of lepye- aentalicer of lhe Nlata of Jowa, That the act of Congress demunetizing tha sllver doilar was pro. cured without any demand belng made thercfor by the peopie, nnd was a ineasure tor she benefit of capitailsts ana speculaturs in_gold, injurlously af- fecting the industrial and commercial intercets of tha conntry ; and said sct, by wllhdrswlnfi jm- rarlnm factor of the circulating medint, haslarge- ¥ contriputed to our present financlal difficnities, Second—That sliver, beinz an American product, and os much of the natlon’s wealth exixts in jis allver mines, the untestricted calnage of this metal into legal-tender money would oven & wido and highly remunerative field for American enterpriso, and by making the standard eilver dollar a full lexal-iender for all l.leh!f‘mruhlln and private, & permanent and tnuch necded addition 1o our na- fional currency would be supplled, Zhird—That the striciost obsorvance of natlonal {alth does not require that the Government bond- holders should recelve payment otherwise than ac- cording to the expreased terwms of the bonds and the Iawn under which they wero lssued. ourtA—That the leyal-tender notes of the Unit- ed States constitute the most convenlent and sub- stantial paper circulation that has yet heen davised; and waid notes belng now nearly st par with gold, no necessity for their retiremont or redemption cxista; and sy farther contraction thereof, under any pretanae, or for avy por| whatever, would tetd tu increass our fipancial emoarrassments and st} farcher uppress the mal 1 interesis of the country. FiJth—That whilo thaconvertibility of our paper circalation Into coln at the will of tho holgder s s result that shoald not-be abandoned or lont sight of, resumption, In the absencs of silver as one of tho means therefor, iz impoaxivle, and resumption ehould not b attempted until the miver dollar in restorad ne o rtandard of value with gold, ond the summation. NixtA--That the jadsment of the American peopla and the soundest erncmlas of public cconomy aliko demand that the financial policy of the Fedo- ral Government ahould bo ndjusted upen tho prin- cipleaof the Ioreauhui Frnwulumx-, and by such policy renewed vigor will he tmparted to {ndividual and pablicenterprise, financial confidence restored. and our rapld tendeucy towards baukrupicy and roin effectusliy arrested. Serenth—Thut our Senators are hereby instructed, and our Kepresentatives requested, by their votes in Cony fo maintaln the principles announced In the foregalng resolutions. Mr. Hotckiss, of Davis, s Democrat, tinctared with greenbacks, preseated the followlng s the exposition of bis sido of the House, which hap- pens to Lo iu a hopeless minority, o agrecs fact there §8 no questifon about it in this Btate with any party. Siiveris demanded, and lown Congressmen will vot for it, It fs probable Mr. Allison reprosents the majority ou that ques- tlon: , .Wngnear, The timo has come when tho liepro- sentatives of 1 ang WitEnzas, Thisnation was founded upon the 1dea of **republican equality; the corner-stong the busls of its political economy: the geeatest good to tho groatest number,™ any theory of dnance, thervfore, In conflict with these prinels nies caunot be adapted to nu'un of s fres paople; an Wirzneas, It in evident that tho system of fuance under which we are struggling Is eanen- tislly that of Grast Britaln; and, wntle it may bo sdmirably adopted to moparenlcal principlo, which secke tu cuncentrate sl power aud wealth in tho hande of tho fow, it {a inimical to demo- cratic principle, the ubject of which (s to difuso wealth, knawledge, aud power among the masscs: snd, Wizazas, Owlnr tem, we are enterin wur nattonal lite un to this anti-repudlican sys- i oon tho second centary of e cireninslances evoking the gravest muprehenvions. The great producing classes stand, ~the agriculturists upon the ono hand. and the' mannfacturors and miners upon the other, paying tribate to an Intermediate class who trafilc In money; and, Whnensas, The exchange of commoditiea by and helweon the great producing classes ts subjocted hy the avarice of the munoy.vending class fo & nyss tew uf futerest, tolly, commissions. and discounts, which nut anly’ absatbs all proSte, but incumbers by miwityages, intorest, farme, faciorios, and mines. o grievous has this systcw become that Wobehiold {mnensy fortunes accumulating about the few, while pauperism {s espanding aoout the many; and, Wizneas, It f8 cloar that if these avrerse ten- dencied are ML srrested, if 100 sutocratic system we have borrowed from & monarchy 18 nut supe nanted by ane more congenlal to free institutions, [heectiis of tha Hepublic mua bo rabld, and ita iguublo se its tiss has been herolc and glutlous, " Deeply impressed by thows solemu con= victluns, the duty weowe to our cunatituents and tonurselvoy and our posterlty s plain; thorefors, be iL resolved by the Genersl Awsemdly of the Stato of fowa, sirast—"Yhat wo urga upon our Senators and Representatives in Congress the immedisia re- manetization of sliver; snd thet tne colnsyo bu freo and uniimitod as that of gold, and a legale tender for ali debts, id ~'That our Senstors and ltepresentatives 8 Lo requested and Justructed to uso all houurabio mesns to socura the prompt and uncon dional repeal of tho uct of Congress kuown as the Itcaumption act: that the notes iessucd by thu General Governmont, and known ns | notes, may bo retalned and ot destroyed, Rtesnmption act demands, 10 the ond that conti- dence in (ho business and Tesources of tho country may bo restored. Taird—And, us o matter of justica toall, aud in obedlence o truo republican institativns, we de- clarc agninst the insulng of any more noa-taxavle bouds, and In favor of recalling thure ulrcady s wuod as soon as possible, o (hat the burdan of 1axation ey (all equally upon woney lavested in buouda as 10y ands, Mr. 0'Donuell, of Dubuque, oftered tue first two bills of the scesion, the second af which was an act Lo make silver comn & luzal-tonder for all debts, public aud private, fu thls Seate, except where otticrise stipulated by contract. The bill will gmfl by » unsnimous yols waen it comes up, aud lowas will resunie speie payinant on her own hook. lawknrs, — S8ILVER IN WISCONSIN, o the Editor of The Tribune. WisconsiN Lratstatunm, SENATE CHANDER, Mabisoy, Jan, 18,1 have noticed In some of the exclusivaly wold panera that the Wisconsin Benate, by its resolutious on the Silver bill, declared that the welght of the siiver dollar should bo fncressed to 420 gralns, It did not do thls goy more than It duclared that the weight of the gold dollar should be reduccd to correspond with tho velue of silver, ns was recommended by the 1on. Johu Sherwan in bis report in 1838, It is truc that tha Scuato ex- preastd itsel!, by the amendment ta Gen, Price's resolutions, as i favor of legisiation that wauld secure the harmonlous and concurrent clredlation of gold and stiver, The allver advo- cates malntain that with remionstization they would thus circulate concurrently and harmo- niously, and that no readjustment of welghts would be found uecessary, ‘hus mamtaining, they consented to the amendment, above stated, for tho purpose of securlug a unanimous vots of the Senate fn favor of rewonetization snd re- liug the charge of dlshonesty made aguinst tho peoplo by the Shylucks of Wall street for dariug 1o demaud the resturation of & taw the: were doprived of In au evll hour without thelr kuowledge or cousent, Neuator Pricu's resolutions, as onginally drawn, would bavo passed by a largo tajority i he had refused to cousent to an swendieut; but vot eariug to split batrs with those who in- dursed llg geueral idcas sud gurww. ho vonu- scoted tothe anendment und his resolutions passed by & uvanitwous vote aa thucall of tho yeas aud pays. e u {nu know her breath would have told 11 she was, done in the House of Representatiyes was the Staene probably more nearly represent the major- natlon's Industrius are fully prepared for it cone with thie Republicans on the silver question—in’ Herewlth you will ind tha resolutions as they were thus passed, ‘Tho peonle of Wisconsin, if I mav bo allowed 1o judge, were never moro unanimous In senti- ment over any siubject than they are fn their de- sirc ta eag the Siiver lnw restored without any Yils,” “anda? Sbhute) * conditions,” *limita- tions,” S restricitons,’ or ‘‘readjustments.” thahl( they might not object toa readjust- ment of the welght of gold and silver cofus 1f actual experience should demonstrate it to be neceseary, hut whether thoy would favor chang- the gold dollar or tho siiver dolior I don't know. Very respectiuliy, A, J, TURNER, JoryT RssoLurion No. 4—8enate, Jag. 10— Introduced by Benator Price. Resolu®on for the semonetization of siiver: Resolved, By tho Scnate, the Assembly concar- ring, That the complete restoration of the pro- vislons of the coirage act as it existed prior to Feb, 12, 1873, whereby thesilver dojlar may again he colned and be made s full And unrestricted leqal-tender, limited only by snch conditions and provislona sa shall secure ita harmonione and con- current cireulation with gold, s imperstiveiy de. manded by crery conslileration of public polier: And onr Senatom In (Congreas are hareby instracted and our Representatives in Congress are reqnesiod 1o support leglelation for such restasation of the law, ferolred, That all indebtedness, prvlic or pri- vate, which by the terms of the contract under which it was {ncurred is pavablo in comn, In pay- able either in gold or silver coln, a8 may elected; and we deny that where the word coin 1n ured In contracia 12 menns gold 1o the ex- clusion of stiver, Tha Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon. Jobn Eherinan, bas soll sald: ** Written conlsacts must be kield (o exnress the (ntentions of the partiea at the time of contracting, and thetr ain and reasonable conatrnction cannot be dimin- shed or enfarzed by veroal testimony in explana- tion of such intentlon, neither can an Implicd promise exiat with roference to any subjsct matter that Is cmbraced in an expreas agreoment. Liatolced, That we regcl all imputations of dls- honesty on the pari of the beople, by whomsgever maae, in demanding that creditors an well as deot+ ors Le heid to the oxact terms and conditions of all contracts entered into botween tneni. fierolred, That a natlon can reacl no higher pin nacle in maintaining its houor (han when it does precisely as It agrees. to tranamit capies of theso rerolutiune to each of our Sonators and Representatives in Congteen, REMONETIZE FIRST, To the Edilor nf The Tribune, Cnicago, Jan. 10.—The continued reftera 01 cents, as a substituto for all reason and argument on tho anestion or the propriety of repealing the law of 1973 limiting the Jegal- tender colnege to gold, fudicates to mo that they do not appreclate the conscquences which are sure to fullow from that Jaw If permaoently retalned. Whiether ‘8 gold dollar Is worth 100 cents or a silver dollor 1s worth only 01 cents, when there 18 9 per cent difference in favor of gold as a metal compared with siiveras a metal, volned under our old standard, Is u splendid question for discusslon by the school boys and girls in our kigh schools, hut scema to me to be childish i publie Journals, and, under present clreumstances, tho coutloued tantaloey of ss- scrtion in these journals of the side of the ques- tion they have taken ls o mere trifiing with the common sense of their readers, "The great yueation, Shall silver be continued a8 money? potas a tuken (asin Evgland), or as & substitute for mreenbacks with us, but ss noneyy § not as aubskliary coin, ss some call it but as wmoney in the same sensc, and for the same nurposes that rold ts used, x Englaud says, ' No. Germnn{ says, ** Not if sho can halp it."" France {s sifently walting to hear what we say. Soma of the small Eu- ropesn states follow England—others ure await- ing tne decislon of France. 1f we, the great aebtor nation of the world, owing enormous suma of intcrest aonually to every people in Europe; If wo agrec to pay thosc debis in gold slone, und deny ourselves the use of ailver, they may well think tbat they can afford 1o do the same, 1t I understand the position of the Times, it takes the Enzlish sldo of this question out and out, The Journal takes the opposito side with a but; pamely, but the sllver tust be colned in pleces naviug more sliver to the dollar than our colnage laws require, 50 as to inske the gold and silver dollars of equal contmerclal value. It 18 & common and well-understood device in legislative bodics to put s “rider™ like this on a'b'll for the burposc of killiug it, or of neutral- izing its action. if passed. Without charging these motives to the Journal, it {s qulte evident 10 me that i the colnave of siiver Is made, as the Journal proposes, sutliclently high to ralse it to the preseat valug of wold, tho coinage will be u useless expense, fur thie aollars will flow to Asinas fast as coined, und so the Turnusc of matntalning a civenlation ot gold andaliver legal- tenders wiil be frustrated. Unlese cotned miver {8 overvalued fu compuri- son With §ta value as o wmetal, {n gold, it will certainly bo erasped by the bullion-dealers jn London for export to Asis. Buch has been the oxperlence of centurics. That great continent calinot adopt the gold theorles ol Europe, hut demands f:)r fta circulatiog_mediun wilver, with which it must be supplicd by London in vayment for goods, “ete. Her sunusl demand for sllver for thut pur- pose cquals, I it docs not exceed, tha wiule present annual suppiy from the wines of the world, Latterly it bas becn met by rales of the refected silver coing of Germany and the exparted ailver of the nattous of Europe and America that have sesorted to irredeemablo pa- per woney and pagied with their coiu. Bemg the only Buropeau market in which sifver lias lntely been salabie, she has boen able to put her own price upon ft. This cannot by so after we resume ths usu of silver, In company with France, 1aly, Austrla, cte. The oli state ot things tust then return, ad in 1860, when she drew sllver to hersell from the coins of ull couuteies by paying for it In goll b per cent imorg than its coin Yalite {n gold fn the couutsy 1u which it was cotned. As o the preclse number of gralus of silver that a doblur should coutaln, twu puints ave - portant: Hirst~It should be largo enough to provent gotd from helog disearded. Second—1t should b small enough to prevent sliver from being melted down. What the quantity Is that would fulfill theso conditions, {a now = question thai cannat bo de- cided excopt by experliment, The certaluty that sfiver will riso {f we resume the useof it in- sures Its disuse as coln it we nake it fully equul withgold at presentrates. 1t jay be found that our standard rate witl bo fnsullident to secure the use of cold, but the presumption frum eur past experience is tuat silver will walutain its ‘position. Frante is to-day using sliver In company with old at o rateabla vulue of 15X ta I, "QOur rato s nearly 16 to ). 1 think the Freuch are pretty safe company, financially, and that it will be tiine epough” for us w fucrease vur rato alter she has brought hers up to oura. But all this discussion is premature until we aqree that aidser shald be colned as full lgal-tender. That polnt belng decided fn the allirmatlye, the power of Congross to coin money aud regulats the value thereof, can safely e trusted to dis- puse of the othier wisely nud weli. L'Anasxr, —— OPEN LETTER TO “THE NATION,* Cuicago, Jan, 10.—Ta the Editor of the New York Nation: T have fust rcad your No. 035, this day reeefved, In s very fippant and supcrilcial article on Collegs Oratory, you advise colleguebred men to give up the Legls- lative fleld, both Natlonal and State, and socl atler channels of fuflucnce aod power, liko the platforn und the preds. Usable evens on a cullego subject to forget your fuonstrous cffurts to heip the bondholder cheat this nation, you arralen what you are pleased to call the_ shortcomings of the colleges on that subject. Now, the majority of tho graduates of East- ere: colleges come West. Thousands of them are in Chlcugo, A great majority of tham huv. fug resd the works of Jelerson, Hamllton, aud Madison, bave learnud to believo that tho wmoney they eatablished (zold eagles, et and siiver dollurs) aud under which colns the coun- try profpered from 1770 until the suspension of speclo payments in 18K, was and Is tlie money in which the public debt is legally and honestly payable, aud that there are more pumerous and weighty. reasous for baving both gold aud allyer fu ui.\lunlua amount {u 1879 than’ there wore in o e/ What Inducement is there for u collego-bred man to arguo such 8 subject with you? For nearly two years, instead of arcuwent, of usme decent respect for the optnious of thosc who differed from you, and who think themselves us houeat a8 they bope you ure, you laye sinply sbused them oy denduciation as crazy Junattes, cheats, thicves, sud ‘repudtators. fu thhs very Issue you bave In ditferent articles alluded to thew us lunatics, fools, iguorunt, and knavish, You bave douo mwors than soy other paber to ;:nrm:;‘; tho I:;‘i'u""::'u‘ndbjm‘td“‘“m uud wmis- ead the public ou this subject. 2 \?)«.o w‘n‘:uld wish to be w journalist, whien o paper that pretends $o bo bigh-toued can su dls- grace fraclf and its country as to sttack the suemory of Seuator Morton at the very hour wheu our National Councll 18 huahml‘,a 1ls- teu Lo culogics upon one who, whatoyo® wera his faulta, wus one of the War Goyernord whio saved his couotry! Aud whyi Becauso you differ from him fu bis fiuuncial Vews. If auy college-bred wan fn the West should Tiesoived, That thaSecretary of State bhe direcied tion by the Times and Journal ol the esssertion that tho old dollar of 412}¢ grains {s worth only 7 denounce your paper 2a the thieves’ orz: ringiog chauges on the name to auit your lively style, they would but emulate the cxample you haye set for ine Inst two yeara. Mr. Conkling {s not a college-man, and after sbusing bim for years, you ¢ry out to him to- day “touse nll his vast inflience to bind the party into a snlid phalanx against the repudie- tors,” and say that if he does not Hayes will probably sfgn the Sitver bill. A few weeks ngo there was a meeting of 4,000 professional and business men in this city, who passed rosolutions adsocating the return of the colnage ol this country to the standard that prevailed for over eighty years. Its officers and_orators were college-men snd men of wealth, character, and positlon, and to-aay you call them Junatics, knaves, and repndintora. Such a paper disgraves journallsm, and should draw no imitators from college halls. a, LIFE-INSURANCE AND SILVER, To the Editor of The Triune. Cnicago, Jon. 10.—~Your editorlal notice of Mr. Winston and his vicious vicws of the silver: nuestion was both timely and true, 3Mr Winaton can have no possible reagon for takiug that side of the question, except for the pur- pote of adding the welght of his position, as President of this corporation, to the side ad- sumed by hls fricods, tho gold-bugs of New York. The Mutual Life of New York is, as its name fndicates, s purely mutual company, baviog nelther stock nor stockholders. 1Its assets, property, and effccts belong wholly and ex- clusively to its policy.holders. Tho officers aro merely the ngents, survants, and trustecs of the members, for whom AMr. Winston has no'au- thority to spcak on this subject in the name of the corporate body. A very large number of the policy-holders are citlzens of 1llinols, and a still larger number are scattered nJl over the West: and thess men are largely {n favor of the rexioration of the silver dollar, Luder any circumnstances, the organization and constitution of this Company are such that the silver question would not effect the current business of the Compnny one way of the other. M sliver 1s made 2 legal-tender, the policy-bold- ers can pay thelr premiums o sliver, and they will Le oniy too glad to receivo their pav in tha same roin; nobody can loss by it. I tafok that Mr. Winston himscl? will scarccly dispute the asscrtion, that out of the whole &300,000,000 of insurance lssued by this Company, and now oute standing, not a pollcy-holder can be found who would not stipulate to take his moncy back in the standurd silver dollar, and cheerlul{v sign 8 solemn covenant that his heira should taks the same kind of coln, In case of his death. This, t00. not beeaase of the fact that 1ifa Insurance 1s rapldlv descending to that point fn the public vonfidence not lung since attained by the sav- {uirs bauks, but because tho reciplent of pay~ ment in silver would bo gettjug actual par value for Lis fnvestment. 1f it 18 of any sort of conscquence that the! business of 1ife-losursuce should he successful. l‘ prosecuted {n this part of the country, and Mr. Winston desires to retain the businees, and hia position us the chief cxecutive ofiicer of thie Compnny, the Writer suggests to him that he revise his views, or at Icast his actions, on the question ol the restoration of the silver dollar, Geonax A. SnoreLdT. DR. LINDERMAN'’S ABSURDITIES. . To the Editor of The Tribune. CrticaGo. Jan. 19.~+Dr. Linderman, Directos of the Mint of the United Btates, has recently glven to the public a hook entitled ** Money apd Legal-Tender i the United States,” from paje 1100t which the following is transcribed: “If the issue of o (sliver] dollar , . with unre. stricted coinage and tender bo authorized, dee pusltors of silver bulllon would eafn the differs enco between tha uctual gald value of tho all- ver contained {nthe dollar und the nominal legal-tender value of the latter.” . Dr. Linderman then holds that though the Government should coln silver fnto dollars without charge for oll who' should choose to bring the bullion to the mint, yet the public would give more for the colned than the uncuin- ed allvee! that a silver dallar and a gold dollag would have the same value, but the bullfon in- ti:em wonld bp of unequal value, though the coinaze of ench woull ba frect Both propositions are abaurd. With free coln- age thers could be no dliference boiwecn the yalue of either dollar and the bullion contained {u it, at Jeast Leyond the cost of transportation 1o and from the int ana_the interest oy te capital {nvoived, if there wero delay In - cotnaze. Rermonetlzation would undoubtédiv tend to appreciate the value of sliver, both volned and uncolned, and to the sume extent to deproctato gold; but the two kinds of dollurs mizht or might not bocome of enual value, that depend- Ing upon other conditions as well as upon re- motetization, The effect would be to malic s uew doliar unit, a new measure of valuces, & new noney, of rather to restore an old ane, We ahould then have the greenback dollar, the silver doilar, and the gold dullar, each lawtul money und a measurs o values. JaMEs MoAnTRUR. AMUSEMENTS, THE TABERNACLE, SE@URE T00AY, CONCERTS. THIS MORNING. the tvo Grand Karowell Festival Cone B e voihe iven next FILIDA. o K THa Mix s e % AMO ADANT PRSI, DEACHT, Ce etiic »aluist of tiig band, forme iz & mose_estraordingry coicert comblostion, Res BiomibyT reseryod seata cost RO bivre than STANDING ROOM. Ko scrure hom early a} Hoot's, 130 State first choice 823, Ot 30 ceats, COLISEEM NOVELTY TUEATRE, 87 Clarz-at, Look azib2 Trcmndmumllnnlof To-night. 2MER. JOE J. DOWIING, 1n bis Exciting Dorder Drama, THE TEXAN DRAMA; on A LIFB FOR A LASEL 1n conjunction with Mr. W, T. ftepliens sad ol Drae . ZIP and ROMEC. e B Foliawing Celebrated 8tarar T ey ileaty “Sevilitvns’ Y T SHERIDAN fiate Sheridan & Maci)i 3153 b pr.numu.'\';tf \lEE 2R LN 253 WEAVELL i caplees of (he WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN Under the 8 ANCE UNION, JOHN B. GOUGH WL deliver his New Locture, “REFORM,” At tho Taberancle, MONDAY, Jau, 28, o e ibrege. bute ‘uf resorved ¢ § orve et o't Dunteti, NECITE & Cori 317 4 410 Brdre-ates Mondsy, HERSHEY MUSIC HALL. Tho FIFTIL snd LABT of the serica af Caacerts to be Klven for thie BESEFIT OF THE FOUNDLINGS' HOME BY VEKING ll)" of Bostony ALl . B RIELL, of Clas i sad i, EDDY will take place MUNDA NING, ;II.A\.\.UI-“‘ i e 1 t a place on the 108t Chheerts - Aduiu Vo Toci teacried Seals, 3L Huot & bons'y 156 Blate-st. . MeVICKER'S TUEATRE, "AMERICAN FARCE COMEDY, ALL THE RAGE -ssserdiem JOILY DILLON, | Forr Comedians J. H, MoVIOKBR. BON.. AST. annyraanso N THE GAST. kv 1 aod baturday Matlues, - UAVElle ‘ll‘l)}LEATRE- . I 1o MAVERLY.. e et setor and Manager. To-ulght aad all thls weeE, the Very Great Comedian, Mt ¥ 6. CHANVRAU, Vgt Wi‘?{e‘”""r&fig:‘f Broianilotic Hlau uptaph BRaMIR euty Sikere, b tow % e e et yiutey Btat I i I bov pobular Famuy Thetray seurryeter s wiidbd W lasdiv st ferdars